The FA Women's Premier League National Division is at the top of the women's football league pyramid in England. Below it are simultaneously the Northern and Southern divisions. The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twice, and points being awarded in the standard football format.

The teams competing in it for the 2004-05 season are:

• Arsenal
• Birmingham City
• Bristol City
• Bristol Rovers
• Charlton Athletic (formerly Croydon)
• Doncaster Rovers Belles
• Everton
• Fulham
• Leeds United
• Liverpool

Premier League teams also compete in the FA Women's Cup and the National Premier League Cup , and the League winner competes against the FA Cup winner for the FA Women's Community Shield .

History

League Champions:

• 2004 - Arsenal L.F.C.
• 2003 - Fulham L.F.C.
• 2002 - Arsenal L.F.C.
• 2001 - Arsenal L.F.C.
• 2000 - Croydon L.F.C.
• 1999 - Croydon L.F.C.
• 1998 - Everton L.F.C.
• 1997 - Arsenal L.F.C.
• 1996 - Croydon L.F.C.
• 1995 - Arsenal L.F.C.
• 1994 - Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.
• 1993 - Arsenal L.F.C.

Arsenal have won the trophy six times, more than any other club, and are at the top end of the league as the end of the current season approaches.

See also

• Women's football (soccer)
• List of women's national football teams
• List of women's football teams
• List of women's football (soccer) competitions

External links

• The FA Women's Page